Aimee Dilger | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Maybe you’ve heard by now that an army of retail investors has managed to use one of hedge funds’ common investment strategies against them. That is, short-selling. It generally involves selling borrowed shares of a stock with the belief that the price will drop, at
Month: January 2021
You’ve won the lottery, and it was a “B”iggie, as in “B”illions of dollars. Now what? The holders of two tickets faced that question last week. On Jan. 22, in Michigan, a Mega Millions ticket hit the jackpot at $1.05 billion. Two days earlier, on Jan. 20, in Maryland, a winning Powerball ticket rang up
getty The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act , signed into law in March 2020, provided a lifeline to many Americans struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic turmoil that followed. Among the law’s many provisions was the ability for certain taxpayers impacted by COVID-19 to take distributions of
Miami’s hot real estate market continues getty Miami’s luxury hot luxury real estate market shows no signs of cooling down. Everyday boldface names in the media announce they are moving to Miami. From out of favor politicians to film stars to mid-list celebrities to Wall Street billionaires Miami is the current must-have address. According
Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus vaccine illustration Dado Ruvic | Reuters Johnson & Johnson said Friday that its one-dose coronavirus vaccine was 72% effective in protecting against Covid-19 in the United States. The vaccine, however, was less potent in other regions, it said. The highly anticipated results were based on 468 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook stock was down in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings. Here are the numbers: Earnings: $3.88 per
People walk past a GameStop store in Midtown Manhattan on January 27, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The astronomical rally in GameStop has imposed huge losses of nearly $20 billion for short sellers this year, but they are not budging. Short-selling hedge funds have suffered a mark-to-market loss of
A stack of Starlink internet satellites just before a launch. SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to begin production of the next-generation of its Starlink internet satellites, according to a company job posting, with the company having deployed more than 1,000 first-generation satellites in orbit to date. A posting on the company’s careers page, open at the time
Not wanting to touch anything is having a dramatic impact on consumer habits. Amid the coronavirus crisis, Americans are abandoning cash almost entirely in favor of “tap and go” transactions and have finally embraced contactless and digital payment methods after years of reluctance. Fewer and fewer adults use printed or minted U.S. currency at all any more.
Members of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association are hoping a forensic investigation of the State … [+] Teachers Retirement System by an independent expert will provide assurance that the pension system is being managed properly and that the investments are being reported accurately. getty After a 3-month campaign of collecting donations from retired and active
Millions of Americans are still waiting for their first and second stimulus payments. getty Still waiting for your stimulus check aka economic impact payment(s)? Owe taxes? You might not see a dime. What? Wasn’t the money supposed to come through when you filed your 2020 tax return this spring? That was what the Internal Revenue
The pandemic misaligned those expectations for a while but now, a year later, we are once again at a … [+] moment of equilibrium in which deal flow is accelerating across New York City. getty New York buyers are feeling shocked to discover that half the properties they saw last week have accepted offers. Sellers,
An aerial view from a drone shows John Duffy planting corn on a farm he farms with his father on April 23, 2020 near Dwight, Illinois. Mild, dry weather has farmers in the state scrambling to get their fields planted. Scott Olson | Getty Images As a new U.S. president takes office, I am reminded
American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, takes off from Miami, Florida, December 29, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters American Airlines on Thursday reported a record quarterly loss and faces difficult months ahead as new travel restrictions and a slow rollout of
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: The New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock futures moved lower in overnight trading on Thursday, as Wall Street’s volatile week continued. Dow futures fell about 80 points. S&P 500 futures dropped 0.32% and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.30%. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial
Recognize the photograph above? It adorns walls, computer screens and websites for psychiatrists and financial planners. It’s also on shower curtains, tote bags, maxi dresses, neck gaiters and ruffled bathing suits. Though seemingly too beautiful to be real, the scene depicts an actual place. It’s Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, one of the most famous sites in
New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran told CNBC on Thursday the trading frenzy in GameStop and AMC Entertainment shares do not change the companies’ fundamental problems and calls into question the long-term strategy for online investors who sparked the short squeeze in the stocks. Known as the “Dean of Valuation” for his company analyses, Damodaran
martin-dm | E+ | Getty Images Vacations may be back on Americans’ calendars later this year — especially if vaccines help suppress the Covid-19 pandemic — but business travel won’t bounce back for quite some time, according to a forecast from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Fifty-six percent of Americans say they are likely
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor Michael Kay, founder of Chapter X Michael Kay Stepping out of the world of full-time work and into the world of retirement can feel like losing your footing to quicksand. Loss of identity. Loss of income. Loss of colleagues. Perhaps the loss of a spouse or partner. Michael
AFP via Getty Images The biggest story on Wall Street this week hasn’t been the challenging employment numbers or disappointing corporate earnings. Rather it has been the frenzy around Game Stop and the group of investors taking on institutional hedge funds. It is a wild ride that everyone seems to be watching, and it is looking like
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